Beet-harvester.



J. 1), DE GELLE.

BEET HARVESTEE.

APPLIUATION'FILED NOV. 16, 1908.

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JERRY D. on cEt'iE, or roar COLLINS. COLORADO.

BEET-HABVESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1989.

Application filed November 16, 1908. Serial No. 462,891.

State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful Beet-Harvester, of which the following 1S a specification.

This invention has relation to beet harvest,

ers, and it consists in the novel construction and arrange tent of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a digging mechanism for a harvester of the character indicated. which. by reason of its peculiar configuration and arrangei'nent, is

especially adapted to encounter and elevate the roots above the surface of the soil as the impl ment is passed along a row.

The digger includes wheel -mounted Zilframe, to the rearportion of which are pivotally attached-spaced standards. Shares of peculiar configuration are mounted at the lower portions of the said standards, and an arched yoke. of peculiar configuration.

connects the lower forward portions of the said standards and the said shares together. The shares are preferably made of sheet metal, and are so mounted as to possess a certain amount of flex or resiliency, and.

consequently, as the said shares engage the materialfthey acquire a certain amount of Vibration. which facilitates the separation of the soil from the roots to be lifted. Rearwardly-and upwardly inclined arms are attached at their forward end portions to the lower edge portions of the shares and are adapted to receive the roots from the said shares. -The sald arms are sub ected to the vibration of the lower portions of the shares and complete the separation of the roots from the soil. and, at the same time, form gr'des whereby the roots are carried above the surface of the soil and deposited thereon. A. lever mechanism is mounted upon the t5 frame of the implement and is operativcly connected with the said yoke and the attached parts and may be used for raising the said shares above the surface of the soil, or for regulating the distance at which the same may operate below the surface of the soil.

I in the accompanying drawings :Fig'ure 1 is a top plan view of the harvester. Fig. 2 is a side elevation'of the same, with one whee thereof removed. Fig. 3 is a rear 11 p elevation of the yoke and its attached parts,

as used in the harvesterl Fig. 4 is a vertical section ofa share and rod used in the harvester.

The implementconsists of the frame 1, which is mounted upon the axle 2, which, in turn, is mounted upon the supporting ground wheels 3. The tongue i is attached 'to the forward portion of the frame 1 and is promounted an operators seat 6. The standards 7 are pivotally attached at their rear ends to the rear end portion of the frame 1 and at the opposite sides thereof. The for ward portions of the said standards 7 are downwardly inclined and converge toward each other, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The arched yoke 8 is attached at its end portions to the lower forward ends of the standards 7, and is disposed over the forward end portions of the said standards. The shaft 9 is transversely journaled upon the frame 1 and is provided with. a. fixed operating lever 10. The gear se ment 11 is mounted upon one of the side portions of the frame 1, and the lever 10 is provided with a pawl 12, which is adapted to engage the teeth of the segment 11. The arms 13 are disposed laterally with relation to the shaft 9 and are. fixedly mounted upon the same.

ties of the arms '13 with the side portions of the yoke 8. The shares 15 are mounted at the end portions of the yoke 8 and at the said shares 15 are substantially ogee shaped in transverse section, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and are provided, at their upper edges, with th colter or cutting edges 16. The lower portions 17 of the said shares 15 are wrapped about the inner sides of the arms 18. The rear portions of the arms 18 I project beyond the rear edges of the shares '15 and the forward end portions of the said arms 18 are continued into. the sharpened bits 19, which project slightly inadvance of the forward ends of the shares 15. The said direction from their forward end portions 19 toward their rear ends and are spaced one fro a the other at asufficient distance to perspace but to prevent the roots from passing between the same. 7

From the above description it is obvious that, by operatin the lever 10, the shaft-9 may be swung. W ereby the yoke 8' and its attachments may be raised or lowered, and

vided with a seat post upon which is- The links '14 pivotally connect the e:;%remi-' lower forward ends of the standards 7 The mit the soil to pass down between the said.-

arms 18 are slightly inclined inan'upward .jected is also'transrnitted to the said arms 18,

and as the roots pass along the upper sides" thus the shares 15 may be moved to a position above the surface of the soil, or maybe adjusted at any desired distance below the surface of the soil. I

Asithe implement passes along a row. of roots, the shares 15 "lieupon dpposite sides of the row, and'the bit ends 19 of the-arms 18 penetrate under the surface of the soil and loosen the roots therein." The said roots;

eventually come back-in contact withithe-in;-- ner surfaces 'ofthe' shares 15', while the sharpened edges 16 of'the said shares cleave the top soil. By reason. of the fact'that the saidshares are'mounted at the lower end portions 01' the standards 7 and the ends of the yoke 8, there is no direct transverse connection be-.- tween the lower portions ofthe said parts,

and, consequently, as the shares pass through the soil-they may vibrate laterally to a de- 'gree sutlicient to shake. the loose soil from.

the roots, and to permit theloose soil to remain upon the surface of the ground, while the roots are elevated and forcedback upon the rearend portions of the arms- 18. The vibration to which the said shares are subof the same, they are further shaken or a'gitated,whereby-they are practically relieved of all soil, and, when they eventually fall from the ends of the arms 18, they are free of soil, and deposited upon the'surface of the same, They yoke 8 forms a substan tial bracefor'the lower forward portions of the standards 7 and prevents undue vibra-v tion at the forward ends of the said standards. At the same time, the'area provided between the upper portions of the-.sides'of the said yoke 's'uflicient to permit the ..age and'stems ofthe plants to pass through without accumulating upon the said yoke,

,Havingdescribedmy invention, what If claim-as new, and desire to secure,'by Led-'- ters-Patent,isfj" v '1.'A'-beet\ harvester comprising spaced by; the,

standards, spaced shares carried standards, said shares having vthenfl'up'pnr edges formed into colte'rs, and an arch memberconnected at its ends with the shares,

2. A harvestercomprising spaced "stand-J ards,I spaced shares attached to the standards colters, and mounted for lateral Vibration,

'-rearwardly disposed arms-attachedito the," lower p'ortionsof the shares,-. and all-arched and haying their upper edges formed-into '7 yoke connectedjat; its ends with the aid'f shares; v 3. A harvester comprising a frame, stand,- I

ardspivotally attached to the-frame,a yoke connected at itsend-s to the lower forward end portions of the said standards, means mounted upon the frame for raising and lowering the said yoke, shares attached to; the forward ends of the, standards and having their upper edges sharpened, arms traversin'g the length of the shares and having their forward ends formed into bits, and 

